5 First vlog - popped amaranth

To test out the capabilities of the TZ20 full HD video, I decided to make a vlog with popped amaranth as the subject. It's my first vlog and my first time using iMovies, so pardon me for the amateurish video. I had great fun popping the amaranth and editing the video. Better still if it had music, but alas, I'm too lazy to add that in. Enjoy!



 

If you want to know more about amaranth, I've blogged about it on my previous blog. Ashley over at The Edible Perspective is the queen of popped amaranth. Check out her site for more detailed instructions and beautiful shots of the little poppers. You can use a saucepan with a lid to avoid the mess which is a real headache to clean up, but I find that stirring the amaranth with a wooden spoon distributes the heat more evenly than shaking it while lidded; I'd rather clean up than have a bunch of burnt black and wasted amaranth seeds.

Breakfast this morning was a simpleton: popped amaranth w soy milk & fresh strawberries, with cin, nutmeg & vanilla, and topped w raspberry jam & raw almond butter. Yummers bummers.